Paul Heyman’s SummerSlam Announcement, Who He Wants To Be Next Universal Champion

Heyman announces that he will be on Jim Ross’ “Ringside” show on August 18th

Paul Heyman appeared on Pix 11 News tonight with Scott Standford. Heyman announced that he will be appearing on Jim Ross’ show at the Gotham Comedy Club on Friday 8/18 during SummerSlam weekend. Tickets for this event are now on sale at GothamComedyClub.com.

.@HeymanHustle & I have been waiting for years to collaborate on a live, stage show & here we are Friday August 18 at @GothamComedy ! #Epic pic.twitter.com/pCA4KzxGdt

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) August 3, 2017

. @HeymanHustle will be the surprise guest on @JRsBBQ show during #SummerSlam weekend and YES I'm going!

— Ashlee White (@AshleeWhite23) August 3, 2017

Thank u @HeymanHustle for finally answering my question! I can't believe you're really doing that for @SummerSlam weekend! 10:45 @PIX11News

— Scott Stanford (@scottstanford1) August 3, 2017

Heyman also discussed his claims that he and Lesnar will leave WWE if Lesnar loses the Universal Championship at SummerSlam. Heyman said for that for the 7 years he ran ECW, he upheld stipulations and turned down pitched storylines where stipulations would be broken. Heyman stated that he was “authorized” to say that on RAW by Brock Lesnar and they will be gone if Lesnar loses at SummerSlam.

Heyman is pushing for Samoa Joe to win the Universal Championship

According to Justin Barasso of Sports Illustrated, Paul Heyman is reportedly pushing for Brock Lesnar to lose the Universal Championship to Samoa Joe later this month at WWE SummerSlam.

SI is also reporting that Brock Lesnar’s return to the UFC is imminent, but he will still work WWE’s Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 34. Barasso states that a loss at SummerSlam would grant Lesnar the time off to begin training for said rumored UFC return to fight against Jon Jones. As of now, Lesnar is still being advertised for the upcoming No Mercy PPV on September 24th.